Best World Series Game 6s

October 28, 2011 12:45 AM

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1975: Red Sox 7, Reds 6 (12
innings)The image lives forever, Carlton Fisk
waving the ball fair as it traveled down the left field line to win a game in
which the Red Sox both blew a three-run lead and erased a three-run
deficit.Game 7:
The Big Red Machine proved too powerful for the Red Sox, out for their first
World Series crown in 57 years. Cincinnati erased a 3-0 deficit to win the game and the
series 4-3, but with Fisk's homer the memorable moment, they say in Boston that the Sox won that series 3 games to 4.

1977: Yankees 8, Dodgers
4Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! Mr. Jackson hit
three home runs in the span of three pitches seen in the third, fourth and fifth
innings to cement his legacy as Mr. October and win the series.

1977: Yankees 8, Dodgers 4Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! Mr. Jackson hit three home runs in the span of three pitches seen in the third, fourth and fifth innings to cement his legacy as Mr. October and win the

1985: Royals 2, Cardinals
1Umpire Don Denkinger flat-out blew a
safe/out call at first base, allowing the Royals a key baserunner in their rally
from down 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth.Game 7: The ultimate letdown with the
Cardinals never recovering, trailing 2-0 after two, 5-0 after three and 11-0
after five and losing by that last score, unable to get anything against series
MVP Brett Saberhagen.

1986: Mets 6, Red Sox 5 (10
innings)The climax of the greatest postseason
ever came when Bill Buckner famously erred on Mookie Wilson's grounder allowing
Ray Knight to score the winning run. But don't forget the Mets also tied it with
a run in the eighth and had already erased a two-run deficit in the 10th before
the error.Game
7: Another forgotten moment, the Red Sox actually had a 3-0
lead two nights later and blew that one, prolonging their cursed history and
giving the Mets their second World Series championship.

1991: Twins 4, Braves
3If
you wonder why Joe Buck's upon David Freese's home run
Thursday said he'd see us tomorrow night, it was an homage to this game when his
father Jack Buck set a date as Kirby Puckett's walkoff blast cleared the fence.
Puckett had already saved the game with a tremendous catch.Game 7: The best World Series of
all-time featuring five one-run games ended in thrilling fashion with Jack
Morris' 10-inning shutout and Gene Larkin's single to give Minnesota the crown.

1993: Blue Jays 8, Phillies
6Just the second time in World Series
history that a series ended with a home run, Joe Carter was the one to "touch
'em all" as the famous call goes, turning a one-run deficit into a second
straight title north of the border.

1993: Blue Jays 8, Phillies 6Just the second time in World Series history that a series ended with a home run, Joe Carter was the one to "touch 'em all" as the famous call goes, turning a one-run deficit

2002: Angels 6, Giants
5It
all started to go downhill when Dusty Baker took the ball from Russ Ortiz with a
5-0 lead needing just nine more outs to give the Giants their first title since
moving to California. Scott Spiezio hit a
three-run homer in the seventh and the Angels finished the comeback in the
eighth behind the power of the Rally Monkey.Game 7: The Angels jumped ahead early
and there were no runs scored from the fourth inning on as Anaheim won its first ever title.

2011: Cardinals 10, Rangers 9 (11
innings)Down to their last strike twice, the
Cardinals postpone a Texas-sized party both times with a David Freese two-run
triple in the ninth and a Lance Berkman RBI single in the 10th. Freese would win
it with a solo homer in the 11th inning.Game 7: Tonight at 7:05
p.m.